A nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate, Roland S. Martin is the author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith" and "Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America."

Martin is a commentator for the TV One Cable Network and hosts "The Roland S. Martin Show" on WVON-AM/1690 in Chicago. He is a CNN contributor, appearing on a variety of shows, including "The Situation Room," "Anderson Cooper 360," "Lou Dobbs Tonight," and many others. In August 2007 he joined Essence magazine as a special correspondent, writing a bi-monthly column and daily blog.

Named by Ebony magazine in 2008 as one of the 150 Most Influential African-Americans in the United States, he is the 2008 winner of the NAACP Image Award for Best Interview for "In Conversation: The Sen. Barack Obama Interview."

An insightful and provocative analyst, Martin has appeared numerous times on MSNBC, FOX News, Court TV, BET Nightly News, BBC News, The Word Network, America's Black Forum, American Urban Radio Networks, the "Tom Joyner Morning Show," and NPR's "News and Notes."

He has won more than 20 professional awards for journalistic excellence, including a regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television News Directors, several first place awards from the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Communicators, two citations from the National Associated Press-Managing Editors Conference, the 1997 top sports reporting award from the National Association of Black Journalists and honors from the Houston Press Club.

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